1999–2000 Swindon Town F.C. season

During the 1999–2000 English football season, Swindon Town F.C. competed in the Football League First Division.

Swindon Town

1999–2000 season
Chairman	Rikki Hunt (until January 2000) Clive Puffett (from January 2000)
Manager	Jimmy Quinn (until May 2000) Colin Todd (from May 2000)
Stadium	The County Ground
First Division	24th (relegated)
FA Cup	Third round
League Cup	First round
Top goalscorer	Hay (10)
Highest home attendance	12,397 vs. Manchester City (1 April 2000)
Lowest home attendance	4,701 vs. Huddersfield Town (7 March 2000)
Average home league attendance	6,977
← 1998–99 2000–01 →

Season summary

Swindon's financial problems came to a head during the 1999–2000 season when in January 2000 Swindon—£4m in debt and losing £25,000 a week—went into administration for the first time.^[1] Chairman Rikki Hunt was forced to resign and 15 staff members were made redundant. At one point, manager Jimmy Quinn was told not to pick midfielder Robin Hulbert because one more appearance would trigger a £25,000 payment to Everton under the terms of his 1996 transfer.^[1] Swindon's future was safeguarded when a consortium headed by business tycoon Terry Brady took over the club and they came out of administration towards the end of the season. But it was too late to save Swindon's place in Division One — they had already been relegated in bottom place. The club's new owner sacked manager Jimmy Quinn and appointed Colin Todd — who had won promotion to the Premiership with Bolton in 1997 — as manager, in hope of getting the club's fortunes back on track.

Final league table

Main article: 1999–2000 Football League § First Division

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
20	Grimsby Town	46	13	12	21	41	67	−26	51
21	West Bromwich Albion	46	10	19	17	43	60	−17	49
22	Walsall (R)	46	11	13	22	52	77	−25	46	Relegation to the Second Division
23	Port Vale (R)	46	7	15	24	48	69	−21	36
24	Swindon Town (R)	46	8	12	26	38	77	−39	36

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(R) Relegated

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
46	8	12	26	38	77	−39	36	5	6	12	23	37	−14	3	6	14	15	40	−25

Source: Soccerbase: 1999-2000 Football League First Division table

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A
Result	D	L	W	L	L	D	L	L	W	L	D	L	L	D	W	L	L	D	D	L	D	D	L	D	L	L	L	L	D	L	D	L	L	L	W	W	L	W	L	L	L	W	W	L	L	D
Position	14	22	15	20	22	22	23	23	21	21	23	24	24	24	22	23	24	23	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24

Source: 11v11.com: 1999-2000 Swindon Town results
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results

Swindon Town's score comes first^[2]

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

Football League First Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
7 August 1999	Walsall	A	0-0	6,437
15 August 1999	Ipswich Town	H	1-4	6,195	Grazioli
21 August 1999	Crystal Palace	A	2-1	12,726	Grazioli, Onoura
28 August 1999	West Bromwich Albion	H	1-2	6,565	Walters
30 August 1999	Grimsby Town	H	0-1	5,705
11 September 1999	Nottingham Forest	H	0-0	8,203
18 September 1999	Crewe Alexandra	A	1-2	5,280	Ndah
25 September 1999	Port Vale	A	0-2	4,629
28 September 1999	Blackburn Rovers	H	2-1	7,354	Grayson (own goal), Howe
2 October 1999	Bolton Wanderers	H	0-4	6,711
9 October 1999	Stockport County	H	1-1	5,318	Hay
16 October 1999	Fulham	A	0-1	13,715
19 October 1999	Barnsley	A	0-1	12,026
23 October 1999	Sheffield United	H	2-2	5,504	Hay (2)
25 October 1999	Port Vale	H	2-1	5,703	Onoura, Grazioli
30 October 1999	Bolton Wanderers	A	0-2	12,486
6 November 1999	Huddersfield Town	A	0-4	11,891	Flo
12 November 1999	Norwich City	H	0-0	7,404
20 November 1999	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	1-1	19,917	Onoura (pen)
23 November 1999	Charlton Athletic	H	1-2	6,515	Carrick
27 November 1999	Birmingham City	A	1-1	22,620	Onoura
4 December 1999	Walsall	H	1-1	7,186	Carrick
18 December 1999	Manchester City	A	0-3	31,751
26 December 1999	Portsmouth	H	1-1	10,279	Hay
28 December 1999	Tranmere Rovers	A	1-3	8,068	Hay
3 January 2000	Queens Park Rangers	H	0-1	9,460
15 January 2000	Ipswich Town	A	0-3	17,326
23 January 2000	Crystal Palace	H	2-4	5,214	Reeves, Hall
29 January 2000	West Bromwich Albion	A	1-1	11,856	Hall
5 February 2000	Grimsby Town	H	0-1	5,784
12 February 2000	Blackburn Rovers	A	0-0	16,938
19 February 2000	Birmingham City	H	1-4	7,591	Hay
26 February 2000	Crewe Alexandra	H	0-1	5,003
4 March 2000	Nottingham Forest	A	1-3	19,748	Hay (pen)
7 March 2000	Huddersfield Town	H	2-0	4,701	Collins, Hay
11 March 2000	Charlton Athletic	A	1-0	19,569	Kiely (own goal)
18 March 2000	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	1-2	8,748	A Williams
22 March 2000	Norwich City	A	2-0	13,662	Hay (2)
25 March 2000	Portsmouth	A	1-4	15,305	Gray
1 April 2000	Manchester City	H	0-2	12,397
8 April 2000	Queens Park Rangers	A	1-2	12,633	Grazioli
15 April 2000	Tranmere Rovers	H	3-1	4,925	Griffin, Grazioli, Gray
22 April 2000	Fulham	H	1-0	7,556	Grazioli
24 April 2000	Stockport County	A	0-3	5,362
29 April 2000	Barnsley	H	1-2	6,151	J Williams
7 May 2000	Sheffield United	A	2-2	12,603	Grazioli (2)

FA Cup

Main article: 1999–2000 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	11 December 1999	Charlton Athletic	A	1-2	10,939	Gooden

League Cup

Main article: 1999–2000 Football League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1 1st Leg	10 August 1999	Leyton Orient	H	0-1	3,587
R1 2nd Leg	25 August 1999	Leyton Orient	A	1-1 (lost 1–2 on agg)	4,000	Walters

Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  AUS Frank Talia 2 DF  ENG Mark Robinson 3 DF  WAL Gareth Hall 4 MF  SCO Scott Leitch 5 DF  ENG Gareth Davies 6 DF  ENG Bryan Smith 7 MF  ENG Bobby Howe 9 FW  ENG Wayne Gray (on loan from Wimbledon) 10 FW  ENG Giuliano Grazioli 11 MF  WAL Michael Meaker (on loan from Bristol Rovers) 12 DF  ENG Alan Reeves 14 FW  ENG Alan Young 16 MF  SCO Lee Collins 17 FW  ENG Steve Cowe 18 GK  ENG Steve Mildenhall

No. Pos. Nation Player 19 DF  ENG Adam Willis 20 FW  ENG Charlie Griffin 21 DF  ENG Sol Davis 23 MF  FRA Philippe Cuervo 24 DF  ENG Sam Campagna 25 MF  ENG Frazer McHugh 26 FW  IRL Nicky Burke 27 DF  ENG Jamie Mills 28 DF  NIR Ricky Culbertson 29 GK  IRL Alan Flanagan 30 MF  NIR Paul McAreavey 31 MF  WAL Alun Hughes 32 DF  ENG James Williams 33 MF  WAL Andy Williams 40 FW  NIR Jimmy Quinn (player-manager)

Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 6 DF  ENG Craig Taylor (to Plymouth Argyle) 8 FW  NGA George Ndah (to Wolverhampton Wanderers) 34 MF  ENG Paul Thirlwell (to Sunderland) 14 MF  ENG Mark Walters (to Bristol Rovers) 11 MF  ENG Ty Gooden (to Gillingham) 9 FW  SCO Iffy Onoura (to Gillingham)

No. Pos. Nation Player 6 MF  ENG Michael Carrick (to West Ham United) 8 FW  BRB Mark McCammon (to Brentford) 13 GK  ENG Jimmy Glass (to Cambridge United) 31 GK  NED Bart Griemink (to Peterborough United) 15 FW  SCO Chris Hay (to Huddersfield Town) 22 MF  ENG Robin Hulbert (to Bristol City)